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1) Heartbeat
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.
Author
Language
English
Description
When the sky begins to fall, one man finds himself separated from his family, his best hope is to run--or risk losing what he loves forever. When the world ends and you find yourself stranded on the wrong side of the country, every second counts. No one knows this more than Edgar Hill: over five hundred miles of devastated wasteland stretch between him and his family. To get back to them, he must push himself to the very limit--or risk losing them...
Author
Language
English
Description
Like all sisters, Molly and Robin Snow share a deep bond that sustains them through good times and bad. In the prime of their lives, their careers are flourishing when Molly receives the shocking news that Robin has suffered a massive heart attack, and the prognosis is grim. At the hospital, the Snow family is informed that Robin may never regain consciousness again. As the family struggles to cope, the complex nature of the sisters' relationship...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gianna has less than one week to complete her leaf project if she wants to compete in the upcoming cross-country sectionals, but issues like procrastination, disorganization--and her grandmother's declining health--seem destined to keep her from finishing.
Author
Series
Emma Caldridge thrillers volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A breathless, hair-raising read, one of the most gripping thrillers I've read in a long, long time."
—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Keepsake
A high-octane debut thriller in the tradition of James Rollins, Lee Child, and Daniel Silva, Running From the Devil by Jaime Freveletti starts racing on page one and never slows down for a minute until it crosses the finish line. Lee Child calls it, "Just
...6) The runner
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Preferring to be cut from the team rather than break his own rules, which include closing himself off rather than letting down his guard, Bullet Tillerman learns from his friend Patrice that running well does not mean running away. A Speeding Bullet, Bullet Tillerman runs. He runs to escape the criticism of his harsh, unforgiving father. He runs to numb the pain of his mother's inability to express her love. He is the star of the school track team,...
7) Patina
Author
Series
Track (Jason Reynolds) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds.Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four kids chosen for an elite middle school track team--a team that could qualify...
Author
Language
English
Description
From New York Times best-selling author Eric Jerome Dickey comes this sexy novel brimming with the steamy voices of three desperately intertwined lovers. Dickey centers the story on an L.A.-based writer who is obsessed with gorgeous, nubile Nicole--the very same woman who left him at the altar just three years before. Nicole is torn between her ongoing love for him and her passion for the beautiful Ayanna. It's time for Nicole to make a decision--keep...
10) Darius & Twig
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
"Two best friends, a writer and a runner, deal with bullies, family issues, social pressures, and their quest for success coming out of Harlem"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is track season and seventh-grader Marcus is struggling at the 400 meter distance and upset that his best friend Torry jokes about his slow times--so he is determined to build up enough strength to earn a place on the 4x400 meter relay at the upcoming track and field meet.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
HL 740L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Cross-country running is Stella Steckler's life and she won't let anything get in the way of being the best. Her sister Ellie is a talented runner too, but she has friends, goes to parties, has a life off the course. Their lives are upended when Mila Keene comes to town. The top runner on her team back home, at first they view her as a threat. But Ellie's been looking for a friend, and in a moment of weakness shares her darkest secret with Mila....
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Description
Growing up in the segregated town of Clarksville, Tennessee, in the 1960s, Alta's family cannot afford to buy her new sneakers--but she still plans to attend the parade celebrating her hero Wilma Rudolph's three Olympic gold medals.
14) Crossing Jordan
Author
Series
Neighborhood series (Adrian Fogelin) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Cass meets her new African-American neighbor, Jemmie, and despite their families' prejudices, they build a strong friendship around their mutual talent for running and a pact to read Jane Eyre.
16) Right as rain
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
1050L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-old Rain must adjust to a new normal after her brother dies and her family moves to New York City"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the summer before high school, Tessa's decision to play football, instead of running cross-country, affects her blossoming romance with football prospect Caleb, her relationship with best friends Marina and Lexie, who are counting on Tessa to try out for cross-country, and her home life with her politically ambitious mother.
18) The ghost runner
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
HL 690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ollie's best friend, Nate, has always been one step ahead of him-literally-on their cross country team. At the start of senior year, something seems off with Nate, but it's not until Nate gets hurt, bumping Ollie into the top rank on the team, that Ollie realizes what was wrong. There's a ghost that haunts the lead runner on the team-and now that ghost is coming after Ollie. Will Ollie be able to outrun the Ghost Runner and break the cycle once and...
19) Chad's big goal
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
The students in Mr. Grizley's class are supposed to set goals for themselves, and Chad puts down that he will run to the top of a local hill--but when it comes time to actually do it, he starts doubting his ability to actually accomplish the feat.
20) Track attack
Author
Series
Gym shorts volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
450L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jazz is a born runner who loves being on the school's track team. Her biggest fan is her dad--and that is a problem. He gets over-involved in her training, talks too much to the coach, yells at the track ref, and cheers way too loudly during the meets. How can Jazz tell him to stay away from the track without hurting his feelings?
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